TEHRAN – Vahid Nouri of Iran claimed a gold medal at the 2024 IBSA Grand Prix in Heidelberg Sunday night.

He defeated Ibrahim Bolukbasi of Turkey in the final match of the J2 +90kg.

Briton Jack Hodgson and Zhurkamyrza Shukurbekov of Kazakhstan won the bronze medals.

Iran’s Meysam Banitaba had defeated his Brazilian rival Elielton De Oliveira in the final match of the J1 -60kg on Day 1.

Almost 250 judokas from 47 nations compete in the city of Heidelberg, Germany, for the first Paralympic qualifier of 2024.

The tournament is being held from Feb. 14 to 19.

Germany hosts the first tournament of three that holds the final list of athletes qualified for Paris 2024.